“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” is a quote attributed to everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Peter Drucker. Regardless of its debated origins, the sentiment is that we do not simply have the luxury of being passive observers of the events that impact our world. Rather we must be active participants that shape them. In today’s chaotic world of pandemics and climate change, perhaps now more than ever, change is crucial if we wish to move toward a more sustainable civilization. Maybe the above quote should be adjusted to “Trying to predict the future is futile; while creating the future is imperative.” This is exactly why the establishment of our new Early Career Advisory Board is so important. It is has become increasingly clear that the future of the environmental field is continuing to evolve in scale, scope and complexity. It is imperative that Environmental Science & Technology maintains its central and essential role of leading the environmental field with impactful and relevant research for the benefit of society. To more fully realize this mission, the current editorial board has identified and engaged some of the rising stars in the field who are creating the future to serve on our inaugural Early Career Editorial Advisory Board (EC EAB, Table 1). Those who have generously committed to share their time and energy with ES&T through the ECB represent not only our current topic areas and researchers, but our aspirations for evolving the breadth and diversity of ES&T’s research and community. Those that were invited to join the ECB exemplify the broad excellence and inspirational vision through their scholarship, mentorship and service. By drawing on their expertise, experience, and insight, ES&T will be better positioned to more effectively realize its mission today. But perhaps more importantly, their contributions will ensure ES&T’s impact and relevance into the future. We thank both new ECB members and our existing Editorial Advisory Board members for their invaluable service to ES&T and the environmental sciences and engineering community. And because there is always a new future to invent, the work of creating that future is never done, definitionally. Just as the members of this newly named Early Career Board will engage in the important work of addressing tomorrow’s challenges, they too will eventually empower and enable the generations after them to address circumstances that we cannot imagine today. Because the way you repay the past generations the benefits they’ve bestowed is to support and lift the next generations. Views expressed in this editorial are those of the authors and not necessarily the views of the ACS. The authors declare no competing financial interest. The authors declare no competing financial interest. This article has not yet been cited by other publications.

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欢迎来到未来：介绍ES＆T的就职初期职业编辑顾问委员会

“预测未来的最佳方法是创造未来。” 是亚伯拉罕·林肯（Abraham Lincoln）到彼得·德鲁克（Peter Drucker）所有人的报价。不管其起源有何争议，人们的看法是，我们并不仅仅是拥有被动地观察影响我们世界的事件的奢华。相反，我们必须是塑造他们的积极参与者。在当今混乱的流行病和气候变化世界中，也许现在比以往任何时候都更加重要，如果我们希望朝着更可持续的文明发展，变化至关重要。也许上述报价应调整为“试图预测未来是徒劳的；创造未来势在必行。” 这就是为什么我们新成立的早期职业咨询委员会如此重要的原因。越来越明显的是，环境领域的未来在规模，范围和复杂性方面正在不断发展。环境科学与技术保持其至关重要的核心作用，即通过有影响力的相关研究为社会造福，引领环境领域。为了更充分地实现这一使命，当前的编辑委员会已经确定并聘请了一些在该领域崭露头角的新星，他们正在为我们就职的早期职业编辑咨询委员会（EC EAB，表1）服务。那些慷慨承诺与ES＆T分享时间和精力的人通过ECB代表的不仅是我们当前的主题领域和研究人员，而且是我们不断发展ES＆T研究和社区的广度和多样性的愿望。受邀加入欧洲央行的人通过其奖学金，指导和服务体现了广泛的卓越和鼓舞人心的远见。通过利用他们的专业知识，经验和洞察力，ES＆T将更有利于更有效地实现其今天的使命。但也许更重要的是，他们的贡献将确保ES＆T对未来的影响和相关性。我们感谢新的欧洲央行成员和我们现有的编辑咨询委员会成员为ES＆T的宝贵服务以及环境科学与工程界。而且由于总有一个新的未来需要创造，因此从定义上讲，创造那个未来的工作永远不会完成。正如这个新近成立的早期职业委员会的成员将从事应对明天挑战的重要工作一样，他们最终还将赋予后代后代以能力，使他们能够应对我们今天无法想象的情况。因为您偿还前几代人的好处是他们支持和提升了后代。本社论中表达的观点只是作者的观点，不一定是ACS的观点。作者宣称没有竞争性的经济利益。作者宣称没有竞争性的经济利益。本文尚未被其他出版物引用。